TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lew Ferguson, who mentored dozens of other journalists during a long career with The Associated Press that included nearly three decades covering Kansas politics, has died. He was 83.
Ferguson's 42-year career included coverage of professional baseball and football as a sports writer before he became AP's supervisory correspondent in Topeka in 1970, a job he held until his retirement in 1999. He helped cover the World Series three times and the Super Bowl in 1970, and he reported on nine national political conventions.
His daughter said he died Thursday night at an Oklahoma City hospital.